The New Taipei District Court's National Judge's Court today once again heard the case of a substitute worker surnamed Wen who was killed by a multi-purpose taxi on Route 64 Expressway after losing his bag. During the trial, the driver Lin Yujun still denied the charges of abandonment to death and homicide, and only admitted to wrongful death. He argued that he did not drag the deceased out of the car, but pulled him After getting off the car, the lawyer appointed by the family believed that Lin knew that the deceased was unconscious and incapable of self-rescue at the time, and was in a state similar to a sheep's epilepsy, but still threw his bag and left on the dangerous expressway in the middle of the night. It was foreseeable that the victim might die as a result, and it was unclear whether there was murder or intentional homicide.
This morning, the prosecution and defense interrogated the defendant first. During the interrogation, Lin admitted that some of his statements during the police inquiry and investigation were lies. For example, the victim got out of the car on his own initiative. However, he denied dragging the deceased out of the car. He argued that he ordered the deceased to get out of the car because he was scared when the driver's seat was kicked. He stopped the car and opened the door. The victim had slowly stood up, so he pulled him out of the car.
The lawyer appointed by the family believed that Lin had a duty to protect the victim, and according to what Lin told the police, he found the victim in a state similar to epileptic seizures at the time, and according to what he later told his relatives, "I dragged him off the bridge." It can be seen that Lin knew that the victim had no ability to save himself, so he still dragged the victim out of the car in the middle of the night, abandoned it on a dangerous expressway, and left. It was foreseeable that the victim might die as a result, and his actions were causally related to the death of the victim, and his intention to kill was uncertain.
According to the prosecutor's investigation, 25-year-old Wen was serving as a substitute in the Railway Police Station in October last year. On the day of the incident, he went to Section 2, Xinglong Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City to visit friends and requested a ride through the Bolt ride-hailing platform. After Lin accepted the order at 2:07 a.m., he drove Wen back to Wen's Banqiao residence. When passing Route 64 of Zhonghe Station to the Banqiao ramp, Wen suddenly fell down in the back seat, and Lin unexpectedly fell down in the back seat in the early morning. At 2:19, he stopped at the road line and soundproof wall 27.5 kilometers west of Provincial Highway 64 (toward Banqiao), opened the driver's door, and ordered Wen to get out of the car. When he saw Wen getting out of the car and lying on the road behind the car, he drove away; from 2:22 to 31 am, Wen, who was lying on the expressway, was run over by four cars in a row. He suffered a broken skull and multiple fractures all over his body.
The prosecutors charged him with abandonment resulting in death, but the family believed it constituted homicide. Lin only confessed to negligent death. The People's Court will start hearing the case on Monday, and the whole case is expected to be pronounced on Friday. This afternoon, the prosecution and defense are expected to debate the facts and law and start the criminal investigation.
